Press Freedom Group Shops Censored Articles In Minecraft Library

Minecraft is a hugely in style video sport, with more than 170 million copies bought around the globe

A virtual library housing censored articles from around the world has been created within the hugely popular video recreation Minecraft by press freedom group Reporters With out Borders (RSF).

Minecraft, with its signature pixelated graphics, allows gamers to build entire universes from Lego-like digital blocks, both alone or with others online.

RSF stated it had put work by banned, exiled or killed journalists in five nations -- Egypt, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Vietnam -- on an open server, making it obtainable for players to view regardless of local censorship laws.

"In these nations, where web sites, blogs and free press generally are strictly restricted, Minecraft remains to be accessible by everyone," the group said in a press launch.

"These articles are now available again inside Minecraft, hidden from authorities surveillance know-how inside a pc game. Minecraft Server List might be learn by everyone on the server, but their content material can't be changed," it stated.

In May last year, Minecraft mentioned 176 million copies of the game have been sold since its launch a decade in the past.

The project, introduced on Thursday to mark the World Day Against Cyber Censorship, is named the "Uncensored Library" and takes the form of a large neoclassical-style building in the sport.

RSF said the library was rising, with more texts being added each in English and their authentic language.

Already accessible in the game are articles by slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and from Egyptian online newspaper Mada Masr, which has been blocked in the North African country since 2017.